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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A4637
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that contracts for the sale or lease of residential real property include a notice that information on high risk sex offenders is available to the public and that the division of criminal justice services maintain a toll-free telephone number through which sex offender information is available on specific individuals.
2019-A4637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4637 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring the disclosure, upon the sale or lease of residential real property, of the availability of certain sex offender information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding two new sections 220-a and 242-a to read as follows: § 220-A. DISCLOSURE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION. 1. EVERY LEASE AND RENTAL AGREEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY SHALL CONTAIN IN NOT LESS THAN EIGHT POINT TYPE, THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: "NOTICE: THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES MAINTAINS AND DISTRIBUTES A SUBDIRECTORY, WHICH IS A BOOK THAT PROVIDES THE LOCATION OF LEVEL TWO AND THREE SEX OFFENDERS REQUIRED TO REGISTER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW, THE SEX OFFENDER REGIS- TRATION ACT, TO THE OFFICES OF LOCAL VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY AND COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC ACCESS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS AND VIEW THE SUBDIRECTORY OF LEVEL TWO AND THREE SEX OFFENDERS. THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES ALSO OPERATES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS A SPECIAL TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER THROUGH WHICH CALLERS MAY VERIFY THE REGISTRATION OF A NAMED INDIVIDUAL. CALLERS MUST HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION WHICH WILL ACHIEVE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION SUCH AS AN EXACT ADDRESS, DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR BIRTH DATE." 2. SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, UPON DELIVERY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION TO THE LESSEE OF THE REAL PROPERTY, NEITHER THE LESSOR NOR ANY AGENT OF THE LESSOR SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO THAT CONTAINED IN THE NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SUBDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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